Lost Coast

Federal State

Lost Coast ( in German: Lost Coast ) is a largely natural and development- free area on the north coast of California. It includes Humboldt County and Mendocino County, which includes the King Range heard one with. The area received after depopulation in the 1930s, the name " Lost Coast ". In addition, the slope and the associated geotechnichen challenges and costs made ​​it difficult to Aufbei an infrastructure. Lost Coast is considered to be the least populated area, as the most difficult to reach part of the California coast. Without major highways Communities in the Region of Lost Coast as Petrolia, Shelter Cove and Whitethorn remain isolated from the rest of California.

The region stretches approximately from Rockport to Ferndale. At the southern end of the State Route 1, which runs close to a large extent on the coast, leading to domestic Rockport and joins U.S. Route 101 in Leggett is. At the northern end starts the State Route 211 in Ferndale and leads towards Highway 101 in Remote Bridge. Section 511 of the California Streets and Highways Code has stated that "Route 211 from Route 1 near Rockport to Route 101 near remote Bridge" is to be built ( in the original: "Route 211 is from Route 1 near Rockport to Route 101 near remote Bridge " ), but there is considerable doubt that the portion south of Ferndale will ever actually built. The majority of the coastline around is now part of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park or from the King Range National Conservation Area.

Geology

Lost Coast is undisputed from Meeresmetasediment from the Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and from the North American plate, which was steeply from the rugged high bustle of the Mendocino Triple Junction in the rubbing with the Pacific Plate and the Gorda plate. The area includes tertiary marine sedimentary formations north of the Mattole River and a portion of the Franciscan Assemblage, Point Delgada called at Shelter Cove with a. The abruptness of the buoyancy created a ridge on the coast, which forms a watershed parallel to the coast. The resulting therefrom Drängemuster between Usal Creek and the Mattole River is a series of a short influx of a steep channel gradient.

Humboldt County

A large part of Humboldt Country is owned by the federal government. In 1970, over 60,000 acres were determined ( ≈ 240 square kilometers) to the King Range National Conservation Area.

Because of the rugged and remote location, the small towns Shelter Cove, Whitethorn and Petrolia are popular places for people who are looking for peaceful relaxation. The area is well known for its black sand on the beaches, which their own color by dark-colored sandstones, greywacke, received, as well as by an older compressed slate which was created by tectonic activity.

Mendocino County

Early settlers from Europe began in what is now Mendocino County to harvest bark of Lithocarpus densiflorus to handle Hautgärbungen to leather can. Beef collectors founded with Kenny a small community to sources at a source area on the northern fork of Usal Creek around. The Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad was incorporated in 1896 to connect the dock to a sawmill on the South Fork Eel River at Andersonia. The location of the railway workshops was Moody, an owner of a nearby hotel and saloon, named. The communities Andersonia, Anderson and Anderson Gulch Cliffs at Lost Coast were after the sawmill owner Henry Neff Anderson, who died in a Bauunfall 1905, named. The sawmill and railway operation pined after Anderson's death and the facilities were dismantled in 1921.

Usal Redwood Company built a sawmill and a 1600 feet ( ≈ 490 meters) large wharf at the mouth of Usal Creek in 1889., The City firm of Uzal was built around the mill and a railroad to transport blocks was three miles to the Usal Creek extended. A fire destroyed 1902 sawmills, schools, depots and bridges in the country of Usal Creek. The railroad was dismantled; but a few buildings such as a hotel, survived until its destruction by a renewed fire in 1969. Sinkyone Wilderness State Park began the acquisition of property, lying on the Lost Coast, in 1975.

Traffic

The geology of Lost Coast made ​​it very difficult to find ways to build through the area. State Route 1, California's Highway on the Pacific coast, was originally supposed to run through the region of Lost Coast. In 1984, however, acknowledged that such a track alignment were not possible. The northern part of Highway 1, coming from Rockport was therefore diverted to Leggett, while the part that was built by Ferndale after Remote Bridge, was renumbered as State Route 211.

Without a main road or thoroughfare through the area, the remote communities, including Lost Coast, only about the country via small mountain roads are accessible. Mattole Road goes south from Ferndale after Petrolia, while Shelter Cove and Briceland connected Thorn Roads from the main route Shelter Cove on U.S. 101 to the east.

Shelter Cove Airport in Shelter Cove is a small public airport with only one start and runway. The communities that lie adjacent to the coast, also can be easily reached by boat.